Why Faro
Podcast

Automating Clinical Trials With AI

30 April, 2026
Faro's CEO Scott Chetham recently sat down with Open Source CEO to talk about his vision for Faro, and what led him to found the company.
A clinical scientist at heart and a surfer by nature, he spent over two decades inside the drug development system, most notably as Head of Clinical Research Operations at Verily Life Sciences. It was during that time that a nagging question refused to let him go: why were the same costly, time-consuming mistakes showing up across hundreds of clinical trials? Clinical protocols had always lived in static, unstructured files, locking away their data and making automation nearly impossible. The idea that would become Faro Health came to him on a surfing trip to Costa Rica, and he hasn't stopped paddling since.
Check out the full podcast here.
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